Articulated car



J. A. BROOKS ARTICULATED- CAR Oct. 8, 1929.

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Fatented Get. 8, 1929 NITED STATES JAMES A. BROOKS, OF KIRKLYN,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. G. BRILL COM- PANY, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA ARTICULATEDA can Applicationfiled October 31, 1928.

An object of my invention is to rovide an articulated car with improvedweat er-proof ing devices between the two sections of the car and theconnecting vestibule.

A further object of the invention is to provide spring-pressed closingstrips on the sections of a car which yieldingly press against the wallsof the vestibule.

A further object of the invention is to weather-proof the side, top andbottom of the joints between the sections ofthe car and the vestibule.

A still further object is to close the openings with two strips, withthe strip having wipers, and a second wiper carried by the car body backof the first wiper.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings which illustrate one form of my invention,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an articulated car embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view on the line 2-20f Fig. 1 showing detailsof the weatherproofing device;

i Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary transverse section illustrating indetail the form of spring-pressure means employed;

Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section illustrating a manner ofweather-proofing the top and bottom of the cylindrical drum, while Fig.5 is a detached perspective view of one of the water proofing devices.

The sections 1 and 2 of the articulated car are mounted'on three trucks.In the present instance, the joint between the two sections is above thecentral truck. This truck carries the vestibule 4. The coupling of thetwo sec tions is in line with the pivotal center of the truck. I

The vestibule 4 has two segmental walls extending from the floor to theroof of the car, between which walls is the passageway connecting thetwo sections of the car. These spaces 5 and 6 between the ends of thewalls are sufiicient to allow passengers to pass from one section ofthe, car to the other section.

Each section of the car has end walls 7 8, 9, and 10, respectively,theedges of these sections terminating close to the wall of the vestibule.I a

Serial No. 316,127.

' In order to seal the joint between the walls of the vestibule and theedges of the ends of the car, wipers are provided. These wipers are thesame on each of the four ends of the car sections. It is sufiicienttherefore, to dcscribe the wiper arrangement on one of these ends. Thereare two distinct wipers on each car end wall. A vertical channel beam 37is located at the inner edge of the car end, and secured'to the beam isa bar 38 to which is attached a folded wiper 11 which is shown as afolded piece of sheet rubber or the like secured to the bar 38 bysuitable means such as bolts 39 which extend through the clamp bar 40. Athin metallic spring is located within the folded wiper and acts to holdthe wiper lightlyv and yieldingly, but firmly againstthe wall of thevestibule. This spring is also held by the bolts 39.

In order to more effectually close the space between the vestibule andthe car sections, a closing strip 30 is mounted on the outside of thecar sections. This closing strip 30 is illustrated in Fig. 5, andcomprises a strip of wood 46 enclosed by metal plates 47 and 4.8 andhaving the wiper 15 of rubber or other suitable material attached to theprojecting edges thereof and arranged to lightly fold against the curvedsurface of the vestibule, as'shown in Fig. 3.

Theclosing strip 30 is mounted between two vertical guide plates 35 and36 extending from the roof to the floor of the car end.

Near each end of the closing strip 30 is a rod 26 having a head 29located within the closing strip 30, the rod projecting through anopening in the rear end of the strip. At its outer end, the rod 26 isprovided with an eye 49 through which passes a sleeve or other retainingmeans 50 supported at its ends by means of auxiliary plates 51 and 52which are secured to the plates 47 and .8; The plates 51 and 52 abut attheir outer end the strip of wood 46, and together with it are normallyurged outwardly against the drum 4, under tension of the spring 28. Thisspring is shown as coiled about the shaft 26, and rests against theinner edge of the closin strip and. against an abutment guide 27 w iichis I secured a nut 32 to the frame 31 which is shaped as shown in Fig.3. The rod, as has been stated, preferably extends through a slot inthisframe, and has at its end a stop washer or head of any suitableform. The frame 31, in the present instance, is made in two parts, thepart 3-3 being secured to the 'uide plate 35 which is bent as shown.llhe other end of the frame is attached to the outer wall 19 of ahousing which encloses the rod and spring, and to which is attached theouter guide 36 which is open as shown. Access may be hat to the workingpart within the housing through auoor 2a which as shown is hinged at 23and provided with a latch 25. lly the above construction, the closingstrip can be readily detached and removed when desired.

The closing strips 30 will accommodate them elves to any movement of thesections in regard to the vestibule, keeping the joints tight under allconditions.

Provision is made for weather-proofing the top and bottom of the car inthe manner shown in a. Shown therein are the top a l and the bottom 42of the vestibule, and pressing thereagainst are the wipers 43 and all inthe shape of segments of a circle, and carried in any suitable manner onthe frame of the sections 1 and 2.

The wipers 4:3 and as will prevent any leakage of moisture from the topand bottom of the drums into the car interior, regardless of the angularposition of the car sections with respect to the drum, while a similarfunction is performed by the wipers ll, 12, 13 and 14, and 15, 16, 17and 18, as regards moisture from the sides of the drum;

As will be clearly unc erstood, a double safe guard is afforded by theuse of the plurality of wipers ii and 15, the yieldingly mounted wiper11 affording a perfect joint regardless of any movements of rod 26 toseparate the wiper 15 from the vestibule 14, as a result of inertia orany other causes. Thus an articulated car is provided which issubstantially impervious to the elements in so far as the articulatedjoint is concerned.

It is of course, understood that the invention is susceptible tonumerous modifications and adaptations, and it is intended that it belimited only by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. The combination in an articulated car, of a car section; a vestibulesection; and two closing strips carried by the car section and bearingagainst the walls of the vestibule sec tion, one of the closing stripsbeing in advance of t- 1e other, and one having means for forcing theclosing strip against the vestibule sect-ion, and the other consistingof astr p yieldingly bearing against the vestibule section.

2. The combination in an articulated car, of a car section; a vestibulesection; and two closing strips carried by the car section and bearingagainst the walls of the vestibule section, one of the closing stripsbeing in advance of the other, and one having means for forcing theclosing strip against the vestibule section, and the other consisting ofa strip bearing against the vestibule section, the strip having a springsupporting element for causing it to yieldingly bear against, thevestibule.

3. The combination in an articulated car, of car sections; a vestibulesection arranged along the longitudinal center of said car; and twoclosing strips carried by each of the four end portions of adjacent endsof said our section, and bearing against the walls of the vestibulesection, one of the closing strips being in advance of the other, andone having means for forcing the closing strip against the vestibulesection, while the other consists of a strip yieldingly bearing againstthe vestibule section' at. The combination in an articulated car, of carsections; a vestibule section arranged along the longitudinal center ofsaid car; two closing strips carried by each of the four end portions ofadjacent ends of said car section, each strip bearing against the wallsof the vestibule section, one of the closing strips being in advance ofthe other, and one having coopcrating means for forcing it against thevestibule section, while the other consists of a strip having a metalspring supporting element for causing it to yieldingly bear against thevestibule.

5. The combination in an articulated car, of a car section; a vestibulesection; and a plurality of closing strips carried by the car sectionand bearing against the walls of said vestibule section, said stripsextending substantially the full length of the vestibule section, one ofsaid sections being urged against said drum by a coiled spring, whilethe other of said sections is mounted in advance of said previouslymentioned strip and is yieldingly urged against the vestibule section bymeans of a spring supporting element.

6. In an articulated car having a car section and a vestibule section;two closing strips carried by the car section and bearing against thewalls of the vestibule section, affording a double assurance againstpenetration of the elements to the car interior, the rearward of saidstrips being yieldingly urged against said vestibule section by means ofa spring controlled mechanism mounted in a frame on said car section,while the foremost of said strips is mounted directly on the car sectionand is yieldingly urged against said vestibule section by means of aspring supporting element, said foremost strip having a relativelylarger area bearing against said vestibule section than does therearwardly mounted strip.

7. In an articulated car having a plurality JAMES A. BROOKS.

